Le Vibal

Aveyron · CC du Pays de Salars · INSEE 12297

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Vibal (INSEE 12297) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC du Pays de Salars. Population 519 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/12297-le-vibal

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 17,696 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.66	10	6.56
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE PONT DE SALARS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES MOULINOCHES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT-JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	LAC DE PONT DE SALARS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES MOULINOCHES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 558 2023: 519 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 480 (2012) → 519 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 449 (1990) → 519 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 366, of which 30.6 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km SWGP — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 4.4 km SWBakery — 4.6 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Pont-de-Salars): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-de-Salars): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pont-de-Salars): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pont-de-Salars): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Vibal): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 72.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BERTHOLENE weather station, 7.6 km away at 665 m; the village itself is at 778 m. ^[10]

The village sits 113 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 1,030 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BERTHOLENE, 7.6 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12297
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Vineuse sur Fregande	71	280 km NE	648	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Curvalle	81	47 km SW	398	12.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 45 %
Vaureilles	12	47 km W	485	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Juignac	16	236 km NW	388	13.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 62 %
Capdrot	24	151 km W	458	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 53 %
Continvoir	37	394 km NW	469	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vaureilles	12	47 km W	485	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Curvalle	81	47 km SW	398	12.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 45 %
Capdrot	24	151 km W	458	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 53 %
Juignac	16	236 km NW	388	13.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 62 %
La Vineuse sur Fregande	71	280 km NE	648	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Continvoir	37	394 km NW	469	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 %

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